An NGO worker has been killed in a truck accident in Gazipur. The deceased, Suman Kumar Sutradhar (35), was the son of Sri Jiban Chandra Sutradhar from the Haturia Beramara area in Jagannathpur upazila, Pabna. He was working at a branch of Palli Mangal NGO located in Bagher Bazar, Gazipur Sadar. The accident occurred on Saturday (March 16) around noon in the Bagher Bazar area of the Sadar upazila. BGB man dies in Benapole road accident while chasing ‘smugglers’ Azizul Haque, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Salna Highway Police Station, said, "Suman Kumar was riding a motorcycle heading towards Mawna Chourasta in Sripur. When he reached the Bagher Bazar area on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, a speeding truck ran over him, resulting in his immediate death. The police recovered the body after receiving the news." Saleh Ahmad, Officer-in-Charge of Salna Highway Police Station, said, "The body has been sent to Gazipur Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. Legal action is underway in this regard."

A fire broke out at a warehouse at the Teribazar clothing market of Chattogram. The incident occurred on Sunday (March 16) around 7:45pm, on the second floor of a five-story building in the Khaja Market at Teribazar. Mohakhali’s Sattola Slum fire brought under control Upon receiving the news, six fire service units arrived at the scene and brought the fire under control. Mohammad Abdullah, Deputy Assistant Director of Chattogram Fire Service, said, "After almost an hour of efforts, the Fire Service was able to control the fire. However, due to the timely efforts of the Fire Service, the fire did not become catastrophic. A major loss has been prevented."

Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on Sunday hinted that corporate tax rates may be revised downwards in the upcoming budget for the 2025-26 fiscal, with an acknowledgement that current rates are 'relatively high. Speaking to reporters after a pre-budget meeting with leading economists at the State Guest House Padma this evening, Dr. Ahmed emphasized the need to focus on direct taxation over indirect taxation to reduce economic disparity. “After assuming office, I revoked several SROs that provided tax exemptions to various sectors and individuals. In the next budget, such exemptions will be further curtailed to lower tax expenditures,” he said. He also said that indirect taxes affect both the rich and poor equally, so the government's priority would be to enhance direct tax collection in a progressive tax policy. Dr. Ahmed outlined two key initiatives he aims to implement before the current government’s term ends. “One of them is separating revenue collection from revenue policy, which is a significant task. We will initiate the process, and I hope the next government will carry it forward after amending the relevant laws.” Addressing project implementation inefficiencies, he proposed a new system in which development projects would be planned within the first two quarters of a fiscal year and implemented in the latter two quarters. Govt hopes to bring back some amounts of laundered money this year: Finance Adviser The Finance Adviser noted that the economists at the meeting recommended a prudent monetary policy to control inflation, along with building buffer stocks of essential commodities and creating employment opportunities. To boost job creation, some locally driven projects will be undertaken, while additional resources will be allocated for skills development in the budget. Economists also stressed the importance of optimizing resources and expenditures in primary education and ensuring that social safety net programs reach their intended beneficiaries. Dr. Ahmed assured that the upcoming budget would not be overly ambitious and that efforts would be made to keep inflation at 6.5 percent in FY26 (2025-26 fiscal). Dhaka University Professor Dr. MM Akash stated that the interim government should take steps that leave a lasting impact on future administrations. Finance Division Secretary Dr. Md. Khairuzzaman Mozumder affirmed that the next budget would be highly transparent, incorporating necessary guidelines from experts. Eminent economists, including CPD Chairman Dr. Rehman Sobhan, PRI Chairman Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Dr. Mustafa K. Mujeri, Dr. Kazi Sahabuddin, CPD Distinguished Fellow Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, and CPD Executive Director Dr. Fahmida Khatun, participated in the discussion. Additionally, Chief Adviser’s Special Assistant Dr. Anisuzzaman Chowdhury and Financial Institutions Division Secretary Nazma Mubarek were present at the meeting.

A man has been charged with attempting to rape a 10-year-old child in Chaugachha, Jashore. The incident occurred on Sunday (March 16) around 11am in Guatali village of Narayanpur Union in the upazila. The accused, Mithu Hossain, 25, is the son of Abdus Salam from Guatali village in Narayanpur Union of Chuadanga Upazila. The survivor has been sent to the One Stop Crisis Center at Jashore General Hospital for medical examination. The child's father filed a complaint, stating, "Around 11:00 am, my daughter was playing in front of our house. At that time, Mithu came and tried to rape her by covering her mouth, leading to a scuffle. During the struggle, her clothes were torn. At one point, the child bit Mithu, causing him to let go. When the child screamed, neighbours rushed to the spot, and Mithu fled." Later, the child was rescued and admitted to Chuadanga Government Hospital. Dr. Sanchita Sen, the on-duty physician in the emergency department, said, "The child has scratches on her face and chest. She has been given initial treatment and referred to the One Stop Crisis Center (OSCC) at Jashore General Hospital." Maruf Hossain, Sub-Inspector (SI) of Chuadanga Police Station, said, "A case is underway regarding the incident. The accused is currently on the run, and efforts are being made to arrest him."

The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members, officials said Sunday. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday blocking the deportations but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did not include the directive in his written order. “Oopsie…Too late,” Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, a Trump ally who agreed to house about 300 immigrants for a year at a cost of $6 million in his country’s prisons, wrote on the social media site X above an article about Boasberg’s ruling. That post was recirculated by White House communications director Steven Cheung. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who negotiated an earlier deal with Bukele to house immigrants, posted on the site: “We sent over 250 alien enemy members of Tren de Aragua which El Salvador has agreed to hold in their very good jails at a fair price that will also save our taxpayer dollars.” Steve Vladeck, a professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, said that Boasberg's verbal directive to turn around the planes was not technically part of his final order but that the Trump administration clearly violated the “spirit” of it. “This just incentivizes future courts to be hyper specific in their orders and not give the government any wiggle room,” Vladeck said. The immigrants were deported after Trump’s declaration of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which has been used only three times in U.S. history. The law, invoked during World Wars I and II and the War of 1812, requires a president to declare the United States is at war, giving him extraordinary powers to detain or remove foreigners who otherwise would have protections under immigration or criminal laws. It was last used to justify the detention of Japanese-American civilians during World War II. The ACLU, which filed the lawsuit that led to Boasberg's temporary restraining order on deportations, said it was asking the government whether the removals to El Salvador were in defiance of the court. "This morning, we asked the government to assure the Court that its order was not violated and are waiting to hear, as well as trying to do our own investigation,” ACLU’s lead lawyer, Lee Gelernt, said in a statement Sunday. A Justice Department spokesperson on Sunday referred back to an earlier statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi blasting Boasberg’s ruling and didn’t immediately answer questions about whether the administration ignored the court’s order. Venezuela’s government in a statement Sunday rejected the use of Trump’s declaration of the law, characterizing it as evocative of “the darkest episodes in human history, from slavery to the horror of the Nazi concentration camps.” Trump signs order to slash staff at VoA, other US-funded media outlets Tren de Aragua originated in an infamously lawless prison in the central state of Aragua and accompanied an exodus of millions of Venezuelans, the overwhelming majority of whom were seeking better living conditions after their nation’s economy came undone last decade. Trump seized on the gang during his campaign to paint misleading pictures of communities that he contended were “taken over” by what were actually a handful of lawbreakers. The Trump administration has not identified the immigrants deported, provided any evidence they are in fact members of Tren de Aragua or that they committed any crimes in the U.S,. It did also send two top members of the Salvadoran MS-13 gang to El Salvador who had been arrested in the United States. Video released by El Salvador’s government Sunday showed men exiting airplanes into an airport tarmac lined by officers in riot gear. The men, who had with their hands and ankles shackled, struggled to walk as officers pushed their heads down to have them bend down at the waist. The video also showed the men being transported to prison in a large convoy of buses guarded by police and military vehicles and at least one helicopter. The men were shown kneeling on the ground as their heads were shaved before they changed into the prison’s all-white uniform – knee-length shorts, T-shirt, socks and rubber clogs – and placed in cells. The immigrants were taken to the notorious CECOT facility, the centerpiece of Bukele's push to pacify his once violence-wracked country through tough police measures and limits on basic rights The Trump administration said the president actually signed the proclamation contending Tren de Aragua was invading the United States Friday night but didn't announce it until Saturday afternoon. Immigration lawyers said that, late Friday, they noticed Venezuelans who otherwise couldn't be deported under immigration law being moved to Texas for deportation flights. They began to file lawsuits to halt the transfers. “Basically any Venezuelan citizen in the US may be removed on pretext of belonging to Tren de Aragua, with no chance at defense,” Adam Isacson of the Washington Office for Latin America, a human rights group, warned on X. The litigation that led to the hold on deportations was filed on behalf of five Venezuelans held in Texas who lawyers said were concerned they'd be falsely accused of being members of the gang. Once the act is invoked, they warned, Trump could simply declare anyone a Tren de Aragua member and remove them from the country. Boasberg barred those Venezuelans' deportations Saturday morning when the suit was filed, but only broadened it to all people in federal custody who could be targeted by the act after his afternoon hearing. He noted that the law has never before been used outside of a congressionally-declared war and that plaintiffs may successfully argue Trump exceeded his legal authority in invoking it. The bar on deportations stands for up to 14 days and the immigrants will remain in federal custody during that time. Boasberg has scheduled a hearing Friday to hear additional arguments in the case. He said he had to act because the immigrants whose deportations may actually violate the constitution deserved a chance to have their pleas heard in court. “Once they’re out of the country," Boasberg said, "there’s little I could do."